MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – September 12, 2016 –ZeroStack, pioneering the cloud-managed datacenter delivering agility without complexity, today announced that its Cloud Platform can break industry dependence on VMware ESX by offering one-click workload porting from ESX to ZeroStack.ZeroStack is now the only company to offer bi-directional application portability across hypervisors, and to integrate with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and VMware® vSphere®.

Companies are balking at the idea of single-vendor lock-in for cloud infrastructure, but they have such large investments in ESX and related tools that they feel trapped. ZeroStack unpacks workloads from ESX and migrates them to its Cloud Platform with one click, giving customers access to KVM-based tools as well as OpenStack APIs.

“Our customers rely on us to deliver the latest, easiest-to-use software for web development and that means streamlining operations,” said Rajesh Rajaram, CEO at Auction Software. “ZeroStack has given us cost-effective, state-of-the-art hybrid cloud technology that makes my developers more productive, and that’s a strategic value for us.”

“ZeroStack is clearly leading the transition to hybrid cloud by offering a neutral platform that on-boards applications and workloads to and from AWS and VMware,” said Zeus Kerravala, principal analyst at ZK Research. “ZeroStack has created a seamless bridge from VMware or AWS to a neutral hybrid cloud.”

“IT markets are not just moving to the cloud — they are moving to “clouds,” said Ed Anderson, research vice president and Sid Nag, research director at Gartner in their report: “Market Trends: Cloud Adoption Trends Favor Public Cloud With a Hybrid Twist,” published August 4, 2016. “Evidence is mounting that as organizations mature in their usage of cloud services they are opting to use multiple cloud services, bound together through hybrid implementations.”

About ZeroStackZeroStack makes it possible to own and use cloud infrastructure without any operational burden. ZeroStack is the first to provide an on-premises hybrid cloud using cloud-managed infrastructure, delivering agility without complexity. The integrated solution combines on-premises, self-healing software, servers and storage with a cloud-based web management portal. Cloud-based management combines public-cloud-like consumption while delivering central control of turnkey, on-premises infrastructure. ZeroStack bridges public and private cloud, supporting application portability across hypervisors, AWS and vSphere®. Founded by senior engineers from VMware and Google, the company is funded by Formation 8 and Foundation Capital, and is based in Mountain View, California. For more information, visithttp://www.zerostack.com or follow us on Twitter@ZeroStackInc.